Food chopper



Jan. 13, 1931.

F. R. KANDLE 1,788,875

FOOD CHOPPER Filed May 14. 1929 i' 2 Invenior 7 6 49 27 0/7512. [70/7043 Attorney 1 Patented 13,

I f N D FRANK R. nAmJLE, onyefnrmgwnsnme'ron I FOOD maste s Applicationfiled nay 14,41 529;ffseriai 110362371.

This invention relates to food choppers and reinforce the body portionof the chopper and extremely simpleand inexpensive to manufacture. Withthe foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists inthenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described and illustrated intheaccompanying drawings, wherein is disclosed an'embodiment of theinvention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations andmodifica tions may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit ofthe claims hereunto ap-- pended.

In the drawings, whereinlike reference corresponding parts charactersdenote throughout the several views: Figure 1'is aside elevation of thedevice in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an outer end viewthereof.

' Figure3 is a fragmentary perspective viewof a portioniof the chopperbody illustrating themethod of attaching the handle thereto. Figure 4 isaside elevation of the handle member illustrating the formation thereofin i accordance withthis invention. Referring to the'drawings in detail,5 indi'cates the corrugated body portion ofthe food chopper having'thecorrugations vertically extending and is more particularly formed withan invertedMU-shaped' inter mediate section 6 having. the legs 7, 8,merglower edge of the body portion indicated at 12 may be sharpened forcutting purposes. The handle portion is indicated generally at 13 andconsists of a rod folded upon itself at one end as indicated at'1 4..Intermediate actual practice they. attain the features, of J ing'with'U-shaped opposite ends 10, 11, the

extensions being; secured at the upper end of the thelrodfis bifurcatedasat 1 6,and

the bifurcations merge into parallel exten- *sions 17, 18, on tl e'endsthereof'. Awooden sleevezlQis formedwithan axiallyextending socket, notshown in the drawings, on the inner end, on which is seated the foldedpor- .tion 14 of the'handle l3,whereby a gripping member isprovidedforthe handle; A sleeve 7 '19 is of materially greater diameter than therod of which the handle is formedand provides a more comfortable gripfor the hands of the user as a food chopper. y

The parallelextensions 17, 18 on the end of the bifurcations 15, 16, arewelded or solderedto the upper edges of the legs 7, 8,

whereby the handle, is not only attached to the food chopper bodyportion but the bifurcations 15,16, provide for reinforcing theintermediate inverted U-shaped portion to, prevent bending or gettingout of alignment." In the fabrication of-the device, the body portion 5may be formed of a single piece of plate of very light gauge, wherebythe corrugations may be made by apress. Since the handle 13 is formed ofa single rod, the cost of manufacture is materially reduced and moreoverthe method of assembling-the device is greatly simplified It is thoughtthat the construction, operation and advantages of the inventionmay nowbe understood without a more detailed description thereof. The presentembodiment of the invention has'been disclosed in detail merely by wayof exemplification, since in 5 advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above de scription. 7 I

- Having describedmy invention, what I claim-is: 'f 1. A food choppercomprisinga body portion formedof a central inverted U-shaped foldintermediate and merging at the end of its legs with a u-shaped loopformed on the opposite ends of said legs, a handle, said 5 handle formedof a single rod folded upon itself at one. end and to provide divergentextensions bifurcated at the other ends, said the inverted U-shapedportion, and reinforcing the same to prevent bending and disalinement ofthe said central U-shaped portion, said U-shaped portion extendingvertically and having the lower edges thereof used for a cutting edge,and a Wooden sleeve mounted on said folded end of the handle.

2. A 7 food chopper comprising a cutting blade consisting of. anelongated and relatively Wide fiat metallic plate corrugated to providelongitudinally alined and transversely extending convolutions openingalternately on opposite sides of the plate and a handle having divergingrods respectively secured to opposite Walls of a medial convolution a ndadjacent an edge of the plate, said rods reinforcing'the plate-in a.manner to hold the.

convolutions in alinement.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. FRANK R. KANDLE.

